Machine for cording shipping-tags.



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APPLICATION-FILED HAR.21,.1908,. 1 I Batentgd Mar-(1,1910.

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IRVING L. HAMMOND, 0F LEW ISTON, MAINE.

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To all whom 'it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have-invented a new and useful Machine for cording Shipping- Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines fol" formed, means for threadingthe free ends of the cord through the loop, and, means for drawing up the loop The invention consists further in the va rious novel details of construction of a ma chine for cording ship ing tags, as will be hereinafter fully descri ed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsformin a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figures 1. to (i, inclusive, are ,erspective views of a machine for coming shipping tags, displaying, in sequence, the various steps of the operation leading up to the -final result. Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view of the needle for threading the .cords through the tags.

Before entering into a detailed description of the machine, it may be stated that from choice the invention is illustrated somewhat diagrammatically, the. various mechanisms for driving the different parts mechanically being omitted, and such parts being displayed as manually actuated.- The object for thus presenting the invention is to 6X- hibit only its broad underlying features without. limiting it to details of construction.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a table or taa support, and 2 a suitable up shipping tags embodying means for passing oubled cord througl'i the eye of a ship-- 'pmg tag, means for spreading the loop thus Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1908.

, latel'ited Mar. 1, 1910; Serial No. 422,458.

right for maintaining it in operative posi- Be it known that I, Iavmo L. HAMMOND, tion. The upright carriesv two arms or cord holders 3, the outer ends of which are provided with seats 4 to be engaged by the cord C. The cord is supplied to the holders incchanically, irom' a suitable reel, not. shown, and is also cut into desired lengths by suitable cutting mechanism, illustration of which is also omitted. The'cord rests with its intermediate porl ion upon a cord. support 5, in the nature of a ledge which is secured to the upright 2, and may be made of any suitable material, preferably of wood.

The cord support is disposed below a recess formed hy two projecting arms (3 carried by the tag support 1, and ii'rwhich is journaled a shaft. 7 having at. one end, a crank 8. This shaft supports the needle, which constitutes one oi? the essential ieatnres of this invention. The needle and shaft are shown in detail in Fig. T, and the formeris shown as consisting of a straight member 9 and an approximately semi-circa lar hook 10, the tree end of which is pro-- 'vided with a cord engaging seat. 11.. While it will generally be preferred to make the arm or member 9 straight, as shown, his to be understood that it may be of other contours without departing from the scope of the invention.

The cord support 5 is provided with a slot 12 that extends through the inner cc 2 of the table and registers with a slot 13 in the tag support. 1, and these two slots are do signed to permit; rotative movement oi the needle in a manner that will be readily un derstood by reference to the various figures.

As will be obvious, owing to the small. size of the eye of the tag, the loop projected therethrough will have its numbers so closely juxtaposed as to preclude the ready threading through them of the tree or loose ends of the cord to complete the. knot, and, in order to provide for thiscontingency, spreading mechanism is provided for expanding the loop sufficiently to permit the ready pa sage thercthrough of the. cord ends. This mechanism comprises two plates 14:, pref enlargement 16 in which is arranged a camshaped slot 17, and through each of these slots passes a pin 18, the two pins being secured in the upright 2. These pins not onlyserve to hold the plates14 assembled with then right, but also, by coaction with the cam s ots when the plates are moved upward, cause the bills 18 to be moved laterally away from each other and thus efi'ect spreading or distending of the cord loop. Any means may be employed for lifting the plates, that herein shown consisting of two knobs 19.

As above stated, after the loop has been distended, it will be necessary to thread the free or loose ends of the cord through the loop to complete the knot, and this latter step is accomplished by a pair of oppositely disposed fingers 20 the opposed ends of which are spaced apart a suliicient distance to straddle the needle 9, the upper side of.

each finger being provided with a' notch 21' to engage with the cord. The fingers 20 are carried by two arms 22 that are spaced apart a suflicient' distance to permit passage therethrough of the needle and the cord loo and the arms 22 are secured to, or forme integralwith, a bar 23 that is provided with a longitudinal slot 24 through which projects a pm 25 that serves to hold the barassembled with the upright 2 and also to guide it in reciprocatory movements. In order to actuate the bar, a knob 26 is provided.

The opcration'of the machine is as follows: The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1, with'the cord C held by the seats of the cord holders 4, a tag placed upon the support 1 with its eye over the slot 13, and is held against movement by a clamp 27 that may be actuated in any preferred manner. Upon rotary movement-being impartedto the shaft 7, the needle is moved in thedirection of the arrow shown in .Fig. 1, and the seat 11 of the needle will engage with the cord andcarry the latter downward through the slot 12 ofthe support 5 and upward though the slot 13 and through the eye of the tag T. At the completion of this operation,- the needle occupies the position shown in Fig. 3, and the plates 14 are now moved upward, causing the bills 15, on each side of the needle, to enter the loop of the cord and distend it, as shown in Fig. 4-. The cord end threader, which is composed of the fingers 20, arms 22, and bar 23, is now moved upward, and as the fingers 20 pass on each side ofthc needle, the cord is engaged by the notches 21, and a portion of the length thereof is projected upward through.

the loop, as shown in Fig. 4; The final step of the operation now takes place, which consists in witlidrawing the free ends of the cord out of the slot of the support 5 and drawing up the loop to tighten the knot of the cord in the eye of the ta This result is accomplished by a pair oIgrippers 28, in the nature of pincers, the-noses of which may be spread apart to permit them to pass bythe needle and may then be moved one toward As will be seen from the foregoing (lo-- scription, the improvements herein defined are simple in character, but will be thoroughly practical in securing the object sought in an etlicient and satisfactory manner.

1. In a machine for cording shipping tags,

a tag support, a cord sltipport, and a rotary needle to double and carry a length of cord downward through the cord support and upward through the tag support.

2. In a machine for cording shipping tags,

a tag support, a. cord support, a rotar nee.- dle to double and carry a length oi cord downward through the 'cord support and upward through the tag support, and cord spreading means coacting with the needle.

3. In a machine 'for cording shipping tags,

a tag support,"a cord support, a rotary needle to double and carry a length of cord downward through the cord support and upward through the tag support, and a cord spreadin device arranged on eachside of the need e.

4. In a machine for cording shipping tags, a tag support, a cord support, a rotary nee dle to double and carry a length of cord downward through the cord supportand upward through the tag support, and means to thread the "free ends of the cord through the loop.

5. In amachine for cording shipping tags, a tag support, a cord support, a rotar needle. to double and carry a length 0 cord downward through the cord support and upward through the tag support, cord spreading means coacting with the needle to form a loop, means operable to thread the free ends of the cords through the loop, and means operable to tighten the loop..

6. In a machine for cording shipping tags,

a tag support, a cord support. a rotar needle to double and carry a length 0 cord downward through the cord support and up:

ward through the tag support, 'cord sprea in means coaching with the needle to form my own, I llllVtKllBIBtUfll'fiXGd my signature a mop, means operable to thread the free in the DUO-HUNG of two \Vll-ilGSSLS. ends of'the curd thruu 'h-the 00 3 111451115 for v l lRVlhG L. ll:\i\'li\l()i\ l). clamping a tug upon 1ts support, and-means I 5 operable to tighten the loop and to discharge \Vi-tnesses:

v the eorded tag from the machine. M, J. HAGERTY,

I In testimony that I claim the foregoing DANA S. \VlLLlA MS. 

